Monitoring & Evaluation & Learning Officer

Due Date November 20th, 2022

Local staffHarare, Zimbabwe

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a not -for-profit research
and training organization with partners in over 100 countries. Please refer to our website for more information: www.cimmyt.org

We are seeking a skilled and motivated candidate to fill the position of Monitoring & Evaluation & Learning Officer, to provide
support to the USAID-funded “Feed the Future Zimbabwe Mechanization and Extension Activity” of CIMMYT being implemented
in Zimbabwe initially from November 2022 to September 2024.

The job incumbent will lead the reporting, monitoring, evaluation, and learning work with the overall responsibility of providing
strategic direction and technical backstopping to the project teams who are responsible for reporting monitoring progress in
line with monitoring plan and target, and achieving the goal and expected outcomes of the “Feed the Future Zimbabwe
Mechanization and Extension Activity”. The purpose of the job is to ensure efficient and effective management of the M, E & L
aspects of the activity at the level levels in line with the activity policies and procedures. The staff will work closely with the multi-
disciplinary activity team to achieve the project results in time at a high standard.

This position is based in CIMMYT, SARO, Harare, Zimbabwe and are open to all Zimbabweans with excellent academic track
records.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Monitor data collection process of on-farm agronomic trials and demonstrations ensuring that data is timely recorded, entered
and submitted in the right format. Basic knowledge of field trial designs and agronomic practices of cereals would be a plus.
Integrate datasets (of many locations and several years), appropriate curation and organize them in a way to make it readily
usable. Should be very comfortable in handling MS Excel spreadsheets with large datasets.
Prepare reports and keep databases as per standards formats and as per need.
Facilitate and support the hub/field teams for preparing annual work plan (Detail Implementation Plan -DIP) and reporting of
progress on activities as planned in the DIP in close coordination with other concerned project staff.
Develop and update monitoring tools based on the reporting needs provided by the donor and the project leads.
Follow the M, E&L reporting and documentation requirements and donor guidelines.
Facilitate to develop the capacity of project staff on data collection and reporting.
Technical backstopping to project staff on effective and timely reporting of project activities.
Provide feedback to the hub teams for quality reports and achieve project targets in time.
Support to develop action plans and strategies.
Closely work with all concerned officials and concerned personnel to consolidate reports.
Participate in M&E-related activities and other relevant activities at different levels.
Follow up and monitor the field level project activities frequently so that reporting would reflect reality.
Prepare and deliver hub-wise and activity progress reports monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and annually as per need of the M,
E&L reporting system.
Ensure that the reporting made by the staff accurately meets the reporting deadlines and quality standards.
Oversee and make sure that the information required for M&E and project implementation are properly collected, processed,
and documented at hub and activity levels.
Provide support and maintenance to existing MIS systems and maintain documentation to allow smooth operation and easy
system maintenance.
Systematically store and manage project datasets of the assigned geographical domain.
Perform any other tasks assigned by the project lead related to monitoring, evaluation, and learning.

Required academic qualifications, skills, and attitudes:

Bachelor’s degree (Agriculture, Economics, or related fields) with 5 years of relevant work experience, or master’s degree with 2
years of relevant work experience, in the field of monitoring, evaluation of learning or feedback.
Knowledge of USAID programs and procedures, with emphasis on monitoring, evaluation, and learning procedures.
Preferred – skill sets of designing questionnaires/surveys on digital platforms (ODK, CSPro, KoBo, etc.) and knowledge of R-
based data processing and analytics.
Experience and evidence of qualitative data collection (feedback surveys, participatory research).
Experience in delivery of field-level extension activities, organizing training and delivery, and training received in agriculture-
related subjects.
Good spoken and written skills in both English and Shona.
Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with a range of institutions.